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Patented Mar. 20, 1894.

lNVENTOR. V in44 ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. s. wALLAoE, 0 CANTON, CHINA.

FLOWER-HOLDER FoR BUTTONHOLES.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,954, dated March 20,1894. Application filed November 27, 1893. Serial No. 492,192. (NomodeL) l atented in England March 17. 1893, No. 5,805

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES FREDERICK SHOLTO WALLACE, vice-consul for Sweden and Norway, residingat Oanton,Ghina,have invented a new and Improved Flower-Holder for Buttonholes, of which the following is a specification, and for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Great Britain, dated March 17, 1893, No. 5,805.

' This invention relates to a new and improved flower holder for button-holes and is so constructed that it will retain the water in which the stems of the flowers are immersed without spilling no matter to what extent -it is inclined Furthermore, the whole of this device is arranged to lie behind the lapel of the coat soas to be quite out of sight, no part protruding through the button-hole.

This device consists of a suitable pouch or pocket of indiarubber or other suitable elastic water-proof material the mo nth of which is normally maintained by its own elasticity in a closed position and is arranged to press gently but firmly upon the stems of the flowers inserted therein andito prevent the escape of any of the water in which the stems are immersed. Secured to the upper edgeof this de-' vice are two hooks having sharp points that will readily take into the fabric of the lapel of the coat so as to suspend the flower holder therefrom. And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into practice I have appended hereunto one sheet of drawings, of which of a device constructed according to my invention and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the same. v i

As is shown in the drawings the device consists of a suitable pouch orpocket the mouth of which is normally maintained by its own elasticity in a closediposition as shown atFig. 1. The mouth may be opened as at Fig. 2 by a slight'pressure applied to the side edges of the device. width than thevmain part of the device so that it may just enter or protrude through thebutton-hole of the wearer if desired. To the shoulders below the month are connected two hooks of suitable design to enter the ma-- terial of the lapel of the coat and suspend the device.

In the drawings the device is shown as made with a solid bottom so that it may better retogether at the upperend to form a neck of .The mouth is as shown made of lessv 1 its mouth as would be the case were it to yield suitable length, the mouth whereof is nor-'v mally closed by its own elasticity,substan- 7 vWitnesses:

E. PAsoUET, JAMES CURRAN. 

